New Jersey is called the crossroads of the American Revolution, because it held a key geographical position at the center of the new nation, and the armies were in or crossing it throughout the war. It was heavily involved in the fighting, due to the troop movements through the state, ...
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Was John Jay a federalist? What was the John Jay Treaty? Was John Adams a patriot or loyalist? What role did Alexander Hamilton play in the Revolutionary War? What did George Washington do in the Seven Years' War? Did George Washington win the Revolutionary War? What was the argument betwe...
For enslaved Black Americans living through the Revolutionary War, freedomsometimes meantdonning thered coatof the enemy. Such was the case for theCarolina Corps, a military unit comprising roughly 300 fugitives from slavery who took up arms for the British ...
Johann Jacob was over 50 years old in May 1776 at the time of the revolutionary war and the draft age was 16-50 then in Maryland, so he was exempt on account of his age. He gave over his “gun” as he was instructed, to Capt. Cellars. When blankets were collected for the army,...
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Military reverses had traditionally acted as the trigger of domestic disorder and, save that on this occasion the Stadholder was the intended victim, rather than the beneficiary of the agitation, the 'Patriot revolution' of the 1780s was no exception. The somewhat inglorious course of the Fourth...